Good morning, Wheelizens! Hi, dv8 and Sven! Sven -- Hope some of the other seminar presentations are as entertaining and informative as the one you shared. Mac -- Based on my own experience, there’s a lot of truth to today’s thread pic. 😉 Re wrestling: The only times I ever watched it were in the late ’60s -- early ’70s on Saturday afternoons where the weather was too shitty to be outside. That was the era of Johnny Powers (“The Man of the Hour”), Dick “Bulldog” Brower and Sheik Abdul Farouk. (Can’t believe I remember those names…) In the mid-’80s,… Read more »

My brother and I used to watch professional wrestling in the late 60’s and early 70’s. The only name I remember is Kinji Shibuya. My nephew became a professional wrestler on the local circuit. He did that part-time while getting his nursing degree and while working. Oh, and my grandfather dated Gorgeous George’s sister.

Well, the Summit is over. Back to to the real world of teh bestest place ever.

May 20, 2020 1:34 pm

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Pro wrestling went through a lot of changes in the 90’s and all of it driven by Vince McMahon. Throughout most of its history, pro wrestling existed as numerous and independent regional enterprises. McMahon changed that model by gobbling up the smaller orgs leaving for the most part only WWF/WWE. The last serious attempt to compete with WWE occurred in the late 90’s by Ted Turner’s WCW under Eric Bischoff. For almost two years, WCW went head-to-head with WWE and beat them in the ratings every week. It’s a fascinating story with a great anecdote. Ted Turner, who doesn’t like… Read more »

May 20, 2020 1:44 pm

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Sven

I see that some Indian casinos are reopening with limited capacity like only every other slot machine active and no table games. Considering that slots make up to 90% of gaming revenue, I wonder how long that will last.

May 20, 2020 2:02 pm

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Listening to Apocalyptica do Metallica. Miss Harper turned me on to them.

May 20, 2020 2:10 pm

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In a similar vein.

May 20, 2020 2:11 pm

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How govt will treat those that think it’s safe to go outside their homes.